Initial information concerning the July 24, 1916 explosion in the west side waterworks tunnel was, at best, incomplete, and sometimes just wrong. On July 25, the Cleveland News printed these photographs of six men it stated were killed in the tunnel. Only four of them—Clarke, Welsh, Turnbull, and Lahnstein—actually died in the explosion and/or subsequent rescue attempts. Peter McKenna was a rescuer who, while injured, survived going down into tunnel. Martin McFadden, also a rescuer, survived his experience apparently without any injury. | Creator: Cleveland News | Date: 25 July 1916 | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Digital Newspaper CollectionDownload Original File
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Cleveland News
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Cleveland Public Library, Digital Newspaper Collection
